Great Battles of Book 7

[Bess Chilver]

No: HPFGUIDX 161988

Hi Folks, 
 
I'm Bess (myladyswardrobe)  from the UK and a newbie here and this is my
first post. 
 
Steve (bboyminn) mentioned the various places as possible venues for the
battle, in particular he mentioned:

>>As to the final battle-

>>Tough call...

>>At the moment I'm saying the Veil or Hogwarts.
Bess (myladyswardrobe):-
May I throw in another option for a final battle venue or to be more
precise, the place where Voldemort could be vanquished? 
In Phoenix, (UK edition: Ch 37 - The Lost Prophecy - Pg 743), Dumbledore
says to Harry:
"There is a room in the Department of Mysteries that is kept locked at
all times. It contains a force that is at once more wonderful and more
terrible than death, than human intelligence, than the forces of nature.
It is also, perhaps, the most mysterious of the many subjects for study
that reside there. It is the power held within that room that you
possess in such quantities and which Voldemort has not at all. That
power took you to save Sirius tonight. That power also saved you from
posession by Voldemort, because he could not bear to reside in a body so
full of the force he detests. In the end, it mattered not that you could
not close your mind. It was your heart that saved you."
Perhaps Harry will have to take Voldemort to the locked room? I make no
comment on *how* - except we know that portkeys CAN be made without help
or authorisation from the Ministry - Voldemort did it and so has
Dumbledore so perhaps that could be an option (and rather poetic justice
for Voldemort if Harry managed it!). But if Harry did get Voldemort into
that locked room, then I would say that the power and force in it would
prevent Voldemort from escaping it. I don't think Harry would be harmed
by the room but Voldemort certainly would be! It would also a good way
of vanquishing Voldemort without Harry having to AK him.
I don't buy into the Harry-is-a-Horcrux theory BUT if he is, the Locked
Room should help him destroy his bit of Voldemort's soul without
destroying himself AND take the last bit of Voldemort with him. 
After all, why would JKR drop in this "locked room" that none of the DA
group could get into when at the MoM and then go into a nice interesting
explanation of it if she never uses the room again.
Just my little thought.
Best wishes,
Bess - myladyswardrobe. 
(who is going to crawl back to lurking again if you don't mind!)
 
 
 


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